Invitation to Cover: Penn Health Policy Experts Gather to Discuss Historic Supreme Court Ruling on Health Care Reform

PHILADELPHIA — Immediately following Thursday's anticipated Supreme Court of the United States ruling on the landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- which called for sweeping changes that would provide health coverage for millions of uninsured Americans -- Penn's Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics will convene a panel of top health services research experts for a round table discussion on the impact of the ruling.

WHERE:	Leonard Davis Institute Auditorium Colonial Penn Center 3641 Locust Walk (near the intersection of 37th Street and Locust Walk) Philadephia, PA 1901
WHEN:	June 28, 2012 Noon to 1:30 PM
WHO:	Panel participants will include: Ralph W. Muller, Chief Executive Officer, University of Pennsylvania Health System Dave Grande, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine Tom Baker, Deputy Dean and Professor of Law and Health Sciences, Penn Law Mary Naylor, Professor, School of Nursing Scott Harrington, Professor of Health Care Management and Insurance and Risk Management, The Wharton School Jonathan T. Kolstad, Assistant Professor of Health Care Management, The Wharton School

The LDI is one of the country's largest health services research centers, coordinating the work of more than 200 senior fellows investigating the medical, economic, and social issues that influence how health care is organized, financed, managed, and delivered across the United States. The Institute and its senior fellows are among the pioneers in interdisciplinary health services research that has helped guide health policies at all levels of government and the private sector.

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